Publications

The German Library

"The German Library" series is unique for presenting an entire foreign culture to the English speaking world, from 800 A.D. to the present. It includes not only works of literature in translation, but also philosophy, history, the visual and performing arts, the sciences, the social sciences, psychology, and religion.

The quality and range of "The German Library" are without parallel, as attested by notices in the Washington Post Book World ("distinguished"), Booklist ("important"), Choice ("outstanding translations"), Unterrichtspraxis ("reliable"), and elsewhere.

"The German Library" was conceived in 1980 by Volkmar Sander, Erich Maria Remarque Professor Emeritus of German at NYU and founder of the Deutsches Haus at NYU, and Werner Mark Linz, founder and president of the Continuum Publishing Company. The first ten volumes were issued in 1982.

"The German Library" has been supported from the beginning by Deutsches Haus at NYU, Inter Nationes in Bonn, private agencies and corporations, as well as Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft. In 2007, Continuum and Deutsches Haus celebrated the completion of the library with the publication of the 100th volume.

The Max Weber Lecture Series

Thirty years ago, in 1977, Deutsches Haus at NYU opened its doors to the public for the first time. Since then, the 19th century carriage house in the historical Washington Mews has become an important platform for the international academic exchange as well as a cultural landmark in the life of New York City, and of New York University.

Believing in strengthening communication and understanding across the Atlantic, one of our most recent projects and collaborations was the establishment of a unique and key lecture series in collaboration with the Max Weber Chair at New York University. Fulfilling the Chair’s and the institution’s mission to promote close friendship between the United States and Germany through cooperation in the humanities and social sciences, a special series of lectures was created.

Signale aus der Bleecker Street

This first volume of Signale aus der Bleecker Street appeared in 1999. This literary collection consists of German texts written by contemporary German authors who lived and worked in New York for two to three months during the renowned writer-in-residency program of Deutsches Haus at NYU.